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Title: Crime and Punishment: Peasant Resistance in the Ukraine, 1927-1933
Author: Slawson, Larry
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: World history, History
Description: Between 1927 and 1933, the Soviet Union underwent numerous social, political, and economic changes under collectivization and the "First Five-Year Plan." In their struggle to industrialize, the Soviet regime often resorted to excessive grain-procu...

Title: Swimming for the Fatherland: Journalism, Pronatalism, and Modernization in the World of Weimar Sport
Author: Gillespie, Hallie
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: History, Modern, History
Description: The perplexities of the interwar era in Germany—the Weimar Republic—continue to spark scholarly intrigue. A tumultuous political atmosphere and an unstable economy coupled with societal reform and cultural advancements in film, arts, and architect...

Title: The Warrior and the Maiden: The Participation and Representations of Laskarina Bouboulina and Manto Mavrogenous in the Greek Revolution
Author: Mastrokolias, Olympia
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: History, Sex role, History, Modern
Description: This thesis explores the participation and representations of two popular and exceptional heroines of the Greek Revolution of 1821-1832, Laskarina Bouboulina and Manto Mavrogenous, and how their legacies have been used as symbols of nationalism by...

Title: Underground Circles and Clandestine Romance: Queer Resistance under the Third Reich
Author: Roberson, Keira
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Queer studies, History
Description: This study proposes a framework through which to examine queer resistance and oppositional behaviors under oppression and persecution, such as the Nazi regime. Under the Weimar Republic, queer circles coalesced into communities that developed a de...